editorial - every picture tells a story

some of you may remember this rod stewart best seller of the same title. rod knew eveything about selling . he was so successful that he had himself at least 5 marriages, and all to gorgeous women old enough to be his mother rofl.

yep. lucky man, and very busy man, that rod the mod was ! lol.

jokes aside, selling is the name of the game too, here in micro stock business. to quote yet another famous story, "Gia" the tragic movie story of a model which starred Angelina Jolie . In one part, Gia said memorably, "fashion is not fun. it's a business. someone has to pay for it".

How true. someone has to pay for the things we create.

and on top of it, i just cannot help to notice that editorial makes up

only a small part of stock photography.

it 's odd, isn't it? when you consider that news plays such a grand part in our daily lives.

in fact, some of my friends are surprised i don't make as many editorial images as i should. this is true too, considering that when i first graduated from New York Institute of Photography

in the late 80's, my first work as a freelance was as a photo correspondent doing editorials and photo essay.

i guess i must have moved on to other things. but i always enjoy editorials because it entails so many different things in life...

I think there are a lot of contributors here that make loads of money from their editorial images, they can sell well if relevant and up to date. I have made some good sales from my editorial images but should also submit more.

Yeah I agree with you and the importance of Editorial images. I love to shoot such images, when you look back every image has a story.Your PF has lots of variety now, keep going you have great potential.